Customs and Border Protection says "a large number" of people in custody were found Tuesday to have high fevers.
President Donald Trump is taking his interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation well beyond the facts. Here's a closer look at the president's claims in the past week.
All children being held at the emergency detention camp will have been transferred to another facility in the agency’s shelter network or discharged to a sponsor, Lynn Johnson, assistant secretary of HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, said in a…
Chaos erupted again at the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, as border patrol officers fired tear gas at migrants they say were throwing rocks. Meanwhile, other migrants reportedly tried to cross the border. U.S. officials say no children were harmed. For context…
More thorough initial health screenings for migrants, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children this month, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
In our Friday news wrap, New Mexico officials now say the 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody this week had the flu. DHS Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen visited El Paso on Friday to discuss the case. Also, Gustavo Perez…
After a second immigrant child died in U.S. custody, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that Coast Guard medical personnel would be deployed to screen people crossing the Mexico border. Yamiche Alcindor speaks with Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of the American…
The government is expected to release 2,000 or so migrant children to designated sponsors in the coming days.
Hundreds of migrant children could be released from government custody as the Trump administration relaxes requirements for the adults sponsoring them. The shift was followed by an Associated Press report that some shelters house more than 1,000 children. Michelle Brane…
Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again. The federal government has placed most of the 14,300 migrant children in its care in detention centers and facilities packed with hundreds,…
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